Tuesday, May 25, 2021

P Is for Pterodactyl (2018)

     What an unusual alphabet book! Wikipedia states "The book sold out of its first print run of 10,800 copies the day it was published." P Is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar & Chris Carpenter is The Worst Alphabet Book Ever." As the title implies, this book has fun with English spelling, for example "G is for Gnocchi." The text and illustrations extend this unique point of view: "The gnome yells, 'Waiter! There's a bright white gnat nibbling on my gnocchi!'" 

     Once Upon First Grade has Super Secret Spy Silent Letters. Tammy Teach has a Silent Letter K Crossword Worksheet. There are so many alphabet book materials at Teachers Pay Teachers; I wonder if any of them compare the uncommon perspective of P Is for Pterodactyl. 

*Katje the Windmill Cat (2001)

Katje the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle (2001) is about a famous cat that saves a baby during the Saint Elizabeth’s Flood of 1421. Katje...